Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

(1) From a full-page ad by a personal injury/products liability, etc. law firm in the Albuquerque, NM yellow pages:

INSURED? We Can Help You. PROVEN RESULTS! 24 Hr. Service. Free Consultation. No Fee Until Successful (Costs May Be Additional). REPRESENTING THE SERIOUSLY INSURED.

(2) From a typed letter written on behalf of a bank fraud defendant that I was sentencing:

Dear JUdge Buchmeyer, Nancy and I have known [the defendant] all of our lives. He is a flean cut, very smart young man...."

(3) From a handwritten letter from a prisoner held for trial in McAlester, OK who wanted to get back in federal court so I could sentence him on both cases:

"I've been advised I have a right to a speedy hearing on the matter before your court and by this letter I am asking to exorcise that right...."

Full post as published by Say What! on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).